SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock asks where will all the red rocks go in Sedona’s new concrete-friendly Vision Statement?
Sedona AZ (September 18, 2018) – As the dust settles from yet another conclusion of a city of Sedona primary election, there are those who remain stunned at the results and those who will remain jubilant, for at least the next two years.
Of course the General election...

Sedona AZ (August 17, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
1. VOTE NO on $49.5 million Home Rule budget, including $149,000 budget for a ” sustainability ” czar.
2. VOTE YES on $36 million Permanent Base Adjustment (PBA), with NO CUTS for city services nor support to non-profits.
3. STOP “giving” $2.5 million to the Sedona Chamber of Commerce,...

J. Rick Normand, examines City of Sedona contract with the Sedona Chamber of Commerce in the second of his two-part Op-Ed series.
Sedona AZ (August 10, 2018) – Thanks to the decade long influence peddling to the last several Sedona City Councils by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and the Sedona Lodging Council, the effective design and implementation of a successful and sustainable resort town...

Sedona AZ (August 9, 2018) – The Permanent Base Adjustment will be on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
On August 3, Arizona Liberty, a local Sedona political action committee, filed a lawsuit in Yavapai County Superior Court against the City of Sedona for illegally invalidating its citizens’ initiative to place a Permanent Base Adjustment on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
“Yesterday, at the request...

Sedona AZ (July 31, 2018) – Arizona Liberty, a local Sedona political action committee, is filing a lawsuit today in Yavapai County Superior Court against the city of Sedona for illegally invalidating its citizens’ initiative to place a Permanent Base Adjustment on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
A Permanent Base Adjustment lets voters decide how much of their taxpayer dollars the city of Sedona...

Sedona AZ (July 30, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Clearing the fog gets done by first voting NO on Home Rule and then, more importantly, to select a new city council on August 28. Let’s also all heed editor Christopher Fox Graham’s advice in the 7/27/18 Friday Red Rock News to. . “Get your facts straight before voting in election…”...

Sedona AZ (July 16, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Patriots, join us for this week’s Sedona Mayor, City Council Debates and Home Rule discussions/town halls (see below).
Thank you in advance for showing up to support efforts to replace incumbents on City Council, and our current Mayor, with candidates that will listen to you.
Join us to show...